GRECO holds 33rd plenary meeting in Strasbourg from 29 May to 1 June 2007

Strasbourg, 24.05.2007 – The 33rd plenary meeting of the
Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) will
be devoted to a training workshop on incriminations within the
Third Evaluation Round (29 May) and the examination of reports in
the framework of the First and Second Evaluation Rounds (30 May-1
June).

The workshop on incriminations, designed for GRECO evaluators, will
involve a number of international experts in this area (see
agenda). The main topics are the monitoring of the implementation
of international anti-corruption standards in the criminal law sector and
the practical aspects of applying criminal legislation in the investigation
and prosecution of corruption at domestic level.

GRECO will examine for adoption the draft addendum to the First Round
Compliance Report on Portugal, as well as draft Second Round Compliance
Reports on Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania, Malta and Sweden.

The plenary meeting will hold a round table discussion on the following
topics: “Recent developments in anti-corruption institutions and strategies
(including measures taken to raise public awareness in this area)” and
“Actual and potential obstacles to the ratification of the Civil Law
Convention on Corruption (ETS 174).”

A hearing with the Mexican “Federal Institute for Access to Public
Documents” is also foreseen.